Grant winners - 29 August 2013
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: David SaadInstitution: Aston UniversityValue: £155,624Islands of equilibrium in a non-equilibrium worldAward winner: James...
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Odds and quads - 29 August 2013
Conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811-74), originally from what is now Thailand, toured the world in a “human circus” and became so famous that the term “Siamese twins” is still current
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Edge Hill sees nothing to fear in the market
Vice-chancellor John Cater says that employment focus ensures strong applicant interest
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Animal House college becomes temperance leader
University renowned for drunkenness pioneers a new way to tackle binge drinking
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Will Germany silence whistleblowers on plagiarism?
Anonymous reports of misconduct will be blocked, writes Frances Mechan-Schmidt
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Why well-designed learning spaces pay educational dividends
Rethinking classroom design needn’t be expensive, but keeping users in mind is key
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Only some get to choose
Recreating a two-tier system is only benefiting ‘the best’, says Malcolm Gillies
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Zoë Svendsen on the dramaturge’s role at the heart of the action
The ‘creative consultant’ at work in the National Theatre’s new production of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II
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Roger Brown, Amanda Leigh Cox, Rebecca Huxley-Binns, R. C. Richardson and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea, by Sheila Miyoshi Jager
Korea was divided by a struggle for legitimacy that resonates still, writes Marilyn Young
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Household Politics: Conflict in Early Modern England, by Don Herzog
Lucy Wooding reviews an analysis of the culture of early modern England
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Waiting for José: The Minutemen’s Pursuit of America, by Harel Shapira
Lee Maril is riveted by a first-time academic author’s encounters with the men and women who patrol the Arizona-Mexico border
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Ending Terrorism in Italy, by Anna Cento Bull and Philip Cooke
Ilaria Favretto on how the ‘years of lead’ were brought to a close
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Thomas Hardy: The World of His Novels, by J. B. Bullen
Jane Thomas takes the Wessex trail